-A/N-

okay, chapter 4 is here! i'll try do to finish two more chapters this week, so yay! hope you enjoy and review please! i would like to know what you think of the story so far and if you have any suggestions just let me know :)

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Chapter 4

-Simba's point of view-

"Sarabi! Mufasa!" Sarafina entered the den and called my parents names frantically, making them whip their head on her direction

"Fina wait!" said Moyo coming after her, but she ignore him and went to my parents

"Nala ran off and we can't find her!" she said with panic

"what?!" said my parents at the same time

"Sarafina, I'll find her, there's no need to alarm the whole pride" said Moyo a little annoyed from what I could see

"Nala is like a daughter to us, if she's missing we must know" said my mother going to calm her friend.

I am not liking Moyo's attitude. My dad quickly organized search parties, and all the adults left the den in groups

"Dad, wait!" I ran to him

"Can I come? I know where she-"

"No, son" he interrupted "stay here" yeah right, that's going to stop me dad…

I turned to my mother and she gave me a 'you better do what your father said look'

I sat down and gave her my best good little angel smile. I waited until they were far enough, ugh grownups never listen when you are cub, I know exactly where to find Nala.

With a sigh I got up and made my way to the back of pride rock where there's a little 'secret' path that leads to the top the huge rock, when I neared the top I heard a muffled sobs, well I found her, she curled up crying with her face on her paws, oh someone's going to pay for doing this to her

"Lala…" She turned her head to look at me her aqua eyes filled with tears, showed sadness, confusion and anger all at once.

I held her for a moment while she sobbed on my shoulder, she then looked up at me and said "they want to take me away Simba!"

Whoa there…

"Who?!" I asked her

"My parents" she sighed "my father came back to take my mom and me to his pride"

"His pride?" but my question was ignored.

"Oh Simba, don't let them take me away please!" she started crying again

"I won't La. I swear" no one and I mean no one will take her away from me

The sun was starting to set and I remembered that the adults were still out there looking for Nala, she had calmed down and was laying in front of me resting her head on my paws.

"Nala…Everyone is worried about you" I said softly

"Ugh, okay let's go back" she said slowly getting up

As we walked down in silence, I thought that there's something she's not telling me, I wasn't going to ask her right now, because well it's not the moment, but I definitely later will.

Mufasa's point of view-

"There they are!" yelled one of the lionesses,

"where were you?!" Sarafina and Moyo told her daughter

"Nala are you okay?" I asked "I'm okay king Mufasa thank you" she replied looking up from the ground

"Wipe those tears, and smile Miss Nala" I smiled at her and she returned it, I felt Moyo's gaze on us, he looked jealous?

"I want to see my daughter" Okay. He is jealous and it's not the first time. Moyo left before Nala was even born, she needed a father figure and I like to think that I was it, she and Simba are best friend, just like Sarabi and Sarafina are, and like him and I were, I always loved Nala as is she was my own daughter. I knew when Moyo was back, that it was because got what he badly wanted, to be king.

"Alright, come Simba" I said to my son who was glaring at my cub hood friend.

Sarabi and I took our prince to our spot inside the den

"I thought I told you to stay inside the den" I said sitting on the ground

"Nala needed me" he said with a noble voice

"Listen to our heroic little prince" Sarabi smiled at me making me chuckle

"Just for this one time, I'm glad you disobeyed me" nuzzling my son

"Dad, he wants to take Nala away" said with a sigh

"Simba, I-"

"She doesn't wants to go, you have to stop him" he interrupted, getting frustrated

"I cannot do that son" I said with a defeated voice. Truth is I don't want Nala and Sarafina to leave, but I can't do anything to stop them, they are royals as well and according to protocol I have no power above them.

"But, you are the king" he still thinks that being king is the solution to everything

"Simba that's a family decision that her parents have to take" explained my mate to the stubborn cub

"We are her family, dad said so, right?' he looked at me

"'We are more than we are, we are one, one pride, one family' remember? He said looking back and forth, his mother and I

"Families like branches on a tree, grow on different directions yet our roots remain as one" said my wife hugging Simba

"I don't want her to leave" he said looking heartbroken, we laid next to him until he fell asleep.

Sarabi and I walked outside in silence and sat down on the edge of pride rock, I could tell she was upset too about the possibility of her best friend going away.

"Kings above please keep us as one" she whispered, I really hope they hear her.